beehive
Sign in to savethumb|Wooden beehives with active honey bees in a California almond orchard thumb|A honeycomb created inside a wooden beehive A beehive is an enclosed structure in which honey bees raise their young and produce honey as part of their seasonal cycle. Although the word beehive is used to describe the nest of any bee colony, scientific and professional literature distinguishes nest from hive. Nest is used to discuss colonies that house themselves in natural or artificial cavities or in structures that are hanging and exposed. The term hive is used to describe a man made structure created to house
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A beehive is an enclosed structure where honey bees raise their young and produce honey as part of their natural cycle. Beehives are typically man-made containers designed to house bee colonies, allowing people to keep bees and harvest their honey.
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- Honey bee nests
- Ancient hives
- Traditional hives
- Mud hives
- Clay hives
- Skeps
- Other kinds
- Modern hives
- Vertical hives
- Langstroth hives
- Warré hives
- WBC hives
- CDB hives
- AZ hives
- Horizontal hives
- Top-bar hives
- Long box hive
- Symbolism
- Population, relocation and destruction
- Population
- Relocation
- Destruction
- Animal destruction
- Human destruction
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|Wooden beehives with active honey bees in a California almond orchard thumb|A honeycomb created inside a wooden beehive A beehive is an enclosed structure in which honey bees raise their young and produce honey as part of their seasonal cycle. Although the word beehive is used to describe the nest of any bee colony, scientific and professional literature distinguishes nest from hive. Nest is used to discuss colonies that house themselves in natural or artificial cavities or in structures that are hanging and exposed. The term hive is used to describe a man made structure created to house a honey bee colony. While species of Apis live in colonies, the western (Apis mellifera) and eastern honey bees (Apis cerana) are the main species kept in artificial beehives.
The hive's internal structure is a densely packed group of hexagonal prismatic cells made of beeswax, called a honeycomb. The bees use the cells to store food (honey and pollen) and to house the brood (eggs, larvae, and pupae).